In fact, if Fan Ziying had not been jealous of Longkou County and the benefits obtained by the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army after capturing Longkou, even if Gu Zhu was with him, he might not have been willing to send troops to chew the tough bones of the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army. Others were not clear about it. As the commander of the 50th Army, Fan Ziying was qualified to contact some secrets that grassroots officers could not reach. Therefore, he knew that the Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army was powerful.

After Gu Zhutong was angry, Tang Shizuncai whispered: "Master, as Xinpei retreated, the troops siege Longkou would appear thin. Should he transfer Zhou Shaoxuan's 14th?"

In order to teach Xu Shijiu a lesson | Gu Zhutong prepared five divisions for the southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army, namely the 14th, 14th, 14th, 14th, and Tian Zhongyi's Xinpei. In addition to Zhou Shaoxuan's 14th still stationed in the Tiger Cave, Tang Shizun's army was dispatched in full swing. Gu Zhutong thought that he mobilized more than 10,000 troops, even if he could not eat the southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army, he should be more than enough to capture Longkou.

But Gu Zhutong never expected that before the battle started, Xinpei was hit by Xu Shijiu's sugar-coated shells and directly retreated to the defense zone.

Although there are still four Sichuan military advisors, seven or eight thousand troops left, the military advantage over the southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army is no longer so obvious. Especially the equipment of the southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army is much stronger than that of the Sichuan Army, so Tang Shizun could not help but worry about whether the 23rd Army would be defeated, so he suggested that Gu Zhutong quickly transfer Zhou Shaoxuan to the front line.

However, Gu Zhutong no longer trusted the Sichuan Army. Since Xu Shijiu could bribe Tian Zhongyi's new 7th Division, could he not bribe other Sichuan Army? Gu Zhutong waved his hand and said, "Forget it, Zhou Shaoxuan's 14th Pei doesn't need to be transferred up. I will transfer Zhang Wenqing's army from Jingxian. I want to see how powerful Xu Shijiu is. Can the southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army withstand the siege of the seven divisions?"

(Split Line)

The information about Zhang Wenqing's army's abnormal movement was soon passed on to the Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army in southern Anhui through the New Fourth Army.

"Old Xu, we are afraid of trouble now." Gao Shenxing pointed to the map and said to Xu Shijiu, "Zhang Wenqing's army is not comparable to Chen Wanren's 1st Army or Fan Ziying's 50th Army. The 1st Army and the 50th Army are all Sichuan Army. Grandpa doesn't love them, grandma doesn't love them, they want guns but no one, but Zhang Wenqing's army is the main force of the Third War Zone, with a total force of more than 30,000 people."

Xu Shijiu turned his eyes to Li Zihan and asked, "Zihan, you came from the Third War Zone. You should be more familiar with the army than us. Let's talk about the situation."

Li Zihan nodded and introduced: "I have not been in the commander's headquarters of the Third War Zone for a long time, and I am not very familiar with the situation of the Army. However, I still know the basic situation. The commander of the Army Zhang Wenqing, a commander of the Northeast Army, has three divisions under his command, namely the 40th Division of Zhan Zhongyan, the Tang Yunshan Division, and the 79th Division with Zhang Wenqing also served as the division commander. The total force exceeds 30,000. However, it should be pointed out that the army's military discipline is extremely poor and its equipment level is also unsatisfactory. As for combat effectiveness..."

Speaking of this, Li Zihan paused for a moment before saying, "As for the combat effectiveness of the Third Army, I am not underestimating them. Our Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army can just pull out a main force group, and mobilize two main force groups, and at least one division can overturn them. If our Southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army attacks, the Third Army is not enough for us to fight."

Xu Shijiu was not happy after hearing this, but instead asked with some concern: "The combat effectiveness of the Army has declined so much?"

Gao Shenxing was also a little unbelievable and said, "Yes, Zhan Zhongyan's 40th Division is an old army of the Army. The battle of De'an the previous year was still very strong. It has degenerated into this in less than two years?"

"It's not just the Di Army. Almost all the troops in the entire Third War Zone are similar." Li Zihan sighed and said, "Since the fall of a large area of ​​land in North China and central China, the National Government's wealth and tax sources have been lost, and the remaining fiscal revenue cannot afford the huge military expenditure at all. Therefore, each war zone can only raise food, pay and military supplies by itself. The so-called raising itself is not just to reach out to the local people? At the beginning, it was just a levied, but later it was directly robbed. What military discipline can an army that only knows how to rob the local people? How much combat power can it be left?"

Gao Shenxing followed the trend and said: "That's why I said that the national army has no hope. What hope can an army that only knows how to rob the people?"

"Old Gao, you can't say that." Li Zihan smiled bitterly and shook his head, and said, "If you don't steal the people's things, what will they eat and what will they wear?"

"Zihan, this is a total excuse." Gao Shenxing said, "The situation of the New Fourth Army and the Sichuan Army can only be worse than that of the Central Army. Why don't the Sichuan Army be seen? The New Fourth Army will go to steal the local people? Just equipment, the Sichuan Army and the New Fourth Army can only be worse than the Central Army. But when it comes to combat effectiveness, even your 1st regiment, I dare not say that it will definitely be able to defeat the Sichuan Army. The New Fourth Army is a full brigade, right?"

Li Zihan was speechless. The Central Army robbed the people, and he really didn't know how to defend himself.

Xu Shijiu snorted lightly and said in a deep voice: "Since the Di Army is such an army, we are not polite. The regiments are ready for battle immediately. It would be fine if the Di Army did not come. If it comes, then I will give them a painful lesson that I will never forget, so that Gu Zhutong can know that our southern Anhui Anti-Japanese and National Salvation Army is not a soft persimmon that can be controlled by others."

(Split Line)

Wherever the 40th Division passed, it was similar to the Japanese entering the village.

Compared with the troops that participated in the Battle of De'an two years ago, the 40th Division is almost impossible to call it an army, but can only be called a bandit, and it is even worse than a bandit. The bandits at least do not eat grass by their nests, but the 40th Division went wherever they went, wherever the army passed, and every village was robbed, and the people were complaining and rebelling.

Until we entered Longkou County, the 40th Division still did this.

The first to enter Longkou County was the 118th Regiment of the 40th Division, commander Zhan Zhongyi.

Seeing a village in front of him, Zhan Zhongyi hurried into the village with his guards. A family at the entrance of the village built a chicken coop on one side of the house, raising more than a dozen egg-laying hens inside. Seeing these dozen hens, Zhan Zhongyi's eyes suddenly shook.

When the owner of the house and an old couple came out to see, Zhan Zhongyi had already rushed into the chicken coop.

After a while, Zhan Zhongyi crawled out of the chicken coop with excitement on his face, and had already caught an old hen in his left and right hands.

Zhan Zhongyi didn't bother to wipe off the chicken poop on his face, so he shook the two old hens and showed off with his two subordinates: "How about it? You have to rely on your ability to catch chickens. If you don't have that diamond, don't take care of porcelain work.

"The team is awesome, the team is awesome." The two team deputys quickly flattered.

Next to the chicken coop, the old couple was pointed at by the national army with a gun, and they dared not speak out.

"Go, hurry up and stew it for me." Zhan Zhongyi handed the two hens to the adjutant and ordered, "Don't forget, get some wine for me. I haven't drunk wine for several days, and the birds are almost fading out of my mouth."

The adjutant took two egg-laying hens and found a place to stew chicken with Zhan Zhongyi.

When Zhan Zhongyi turned around and saw the old couple, he was immediately unhappy and scolded: "What are you looking at? I was bleeding from the front line and fighting, what happened to eating you two chickens? I dare to glare at me again, believe it or not, I broke your legs, Humph, the two immortals are immortal."

The old couple didn't dare to look at each other again, and timidly avoided their eyes, but they were cursing in their hearts that the Central Army was simply a group of bandits, and they were not much better than the Japanese.

An older squire couldn't stand it and came over to stop it and said, "Sir, your national army is still a regular army after all. How can you learn from bandits and rob the common people?"
Chapter completed!